1214     Louis IX of France (born) (died 1270) 1265    Roger de Quincy (died), 2nd Earl of Winchester, English husband of Helen of Galloway (born 1195) 1284    Edward II of England (born) (died 1327) 1342    Pope Benedict XII (died) (born 1285) 1502    Georg Major (born), German theologian (died 1574) 1566    Diane de Poitiers (died), French mistress… Continue reading →

1184 BC Traditional date of the fall of Troy. 624       Mellitus (died), English archbishop 1533     William the Silent (born), German son of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1584) 1558    Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. 1620    John Graunt (born), English statistician (died 1674) 1704    The first regular… Continue reading →

871      Æthelred of Wessex (died) (born 837) 1016     Æthelred the Unready (died), English son of Edgar the Peaceful (born 968) 1016     Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England, 1348    The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George’s Day. 1464    Joan of… Continue reading →

238      Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne. 1451     Isabella I of Castile (born) (died 1504) 1500    Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. 1519     Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement… Continue reading →

753 BCRomulus founds Rome (traditional date). 571     Prophet Muhammad is born in Makkah. 1073    Pope Alexander II (died) 1142     Peter Abelard (died), French philosopher and theologian (born 1079) 1509    Henry VII of England (died) (born 1457) 1509    Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. 1555     Ludovico Carracci… Continue reading →